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BANNER ELK — In 2008, a teenage girl named Jessie Garren wrote excitedly about an upcoming mission trip she and her youth group would be taking to the Dominican Republic.
“I also feel that God has something else planned for me when we get to the Dominican Republic,” she wrote. “God…

“Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch.” Luke 5:4
Soon after Jesus spoke these words, the tired fishermen to whom he spoke harvested a supernatural bounty of fish like they had never before experienced. On February 28, 2014 we stood at the newly constructed…

RECAP OF PREVIOUSLY REPORTED PROGRESS
As we reported in our last update, the intervention was launched this past July with orientation and planning meetings between Compassion DR staff, partner church pastor Santos Pérez, and selected church and center leaders.
In addition, Pastor…

This past year Jessie’s Well Foundation was able to fund a water purification plant in the village of Villa Gonzalez just outside of Santiago, Dominican Republic thanks to your generosity and support. In 2013, we traveled to the Dominican on two vision trips to learn more about…

Jessie’s Well Foundation has funded the second water plant as part of a 5 year, 24 plant ministry project plan in the Dominican Republic. The plant, which is being constructed in the community of Villa Vaquez, is a reverse osmosis water purification system capable of producing…